Mazoon al-Da'wat Shahzada Qaidjoher Ezzuddin () is the eldest son of

Mohammed Burhanuddin Mohammed Burhanuddin (6 March 1915 – 17 January 2014) was the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras from 1965 to 2014. He led the community for 49 years in a period of social, economic, and educational prosperity; strengthened and re-institu ...

, the grandson of

Taher Saifuddin Taher Saifuddin (4 August 1888 – 12 November 1965), also known as Tahir Sayf al-Din, was the 51st and longest serving Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras. Saifuddin adapted the modernisation in Western and European ideas, and establishe ...

, and elder brother of the incumbent

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Dai al-Mutlaq

Mufaddal Saifuddin Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin () is the spiritual leader, the 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of more than one million Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup of the Tayyibi, Musta'li, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. He is the second son of the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq, M ...

. He is one of the four rectors of

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Personal life

Qaidjoher Ezzuddin was born on 27 November 1942 (19

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1361 Hijri). He is the eldest son of Mohammed Burhanuddin, thus Mohammed Burhanuddin selected his teknonymic kunya as Abu-al-Qaidjoher (Arabic: ابو القائد جوهر).

Career

Ezzuddin has served under the administration of Dawat-e-Hadiyah under the

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for over 50 years and has administered numerous community development and public relation projects. He also heads the legal department of Dawat-e-Hadiyah missions in governing the various trusts and foundations of the

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community. In 1987 (1407 Hijri) Ezzuddin was appointed one of four the rectors of

. He also headed the Dawoodi Bohra youth organization Shabab ul-Eidiz Zahabi. Ezzuddin was also a member of the

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from June 1999 to March 2003. He is the Chairman of the

Saifee Hospital Saifee Hospital is a Dawoodi Bohra founded multi-speciality hospital at Charni Road, Mumbai, India, overlooking the Arabian Sea. Saifee Hospital is founded by the head of the Dawoodi Bohra faith, Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin, dedicated the hos ...

Trust and the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT). Ezzuddin headed the project for the revival and restoration of the

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in 2010, during the tenure of Mohammed Burhanuddin. Ezzuddin was appointed by Mohammed Burhanuddin as one of the witnesses of the '' Nass'' on

, his brother, in 2005. In 2011, he was instructed to make a public announcement of this appointment in a

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held in al Masjid ul Husseini in

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;

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on 5 June 2011. The video of this Majlis was recorded and was broadcast on the same day in Dawoodi Bohra community centers worldwide. Ezzuddin was appointed in the position of Mukasir by the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq, Mufaddal Saifuddin, on 27

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1440H (4 March 2019). Ezzuddin was elevated in the position of Mazoon by the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq, Mufaddal Saifuddin, on 18

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1445H (24 June 2024).

Lineage

Ezzuddin is a direct descendant of the

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Prophet

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, who was himself a descendant of the Prophet

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, through an unbroken chain of noble and august ancestry. His heritage to the Prophet Mohammed traces back through the Prophet's daughter, Fatima al-Zahra, and her husband

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. From Fatima and Ali, the line continues through their son, Imam

Hussein Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (; ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or ...

, and the subsequent Imams in the

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tradition up to the fifth Imam,

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. Ezzuddin's ancestors include Mir Mahamad Ali,

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and Syedi Lukman who were direct descendants of

Recognition

Qaidjoher Ezzuddin and Husain Burhanuddin with Narendra Modi

* - Ezzuddin's mithaq () was taken by his grand father

on the 27th of

1379H (22 May 1960 AD), during the 75th birthday celebrations of Taher Saifuddin. * - The Open International University for Complementary Medicines, Sri Lanka conferred upon Ezzuddin the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa - Spirituality) in January 2011. * - On 23 October 1995 Ezzuddin was presented the Key to the City of

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by Dr. Morris Parrish. * - Ezzuddin was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration from the

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on 20 November 2013.

References

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